Tag Archives: Indian

Recipe: Lamb Curry (Rogan Josh)

Lamb Curry (Rogan Josh) comes from the generally excellent Indian Instant Pot Cookbook and has a pleasing combination of warm spices. However, I very nearly burned it because the recipe does not have enough liquid to generate pressure. (Most IP … Continue reading

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Food for Thought: Hebbar’s Kitchen

My friend Minita is quite the polymath. She’s a tenured college professor, member of my local city council, author of best-selling lesbian romances, and an excellent Indian vegetarian cook. When she told me Hebbar’s Kitchen was her favorites source of … Continue reading

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Recipe: Smoky Indian Eggplant (Baingan Ka Bharta)

Smoky Indian Eggplant Baingan Ka Bharta) figures prominently in Happy Endings, a new book by my friend Minita Sanghvi. The smokiness really does come through even if, like me, you roast the eggplant on a gas stove rather than over … Continue reading

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Recipe: Turmeric Cabbage

Turmeric Cabbage is a recipe from The Yogi Cookbook, a paperback in my possession published in 1968. Most old cookbooks can be found from resellers on Amazon or Abebooks, but this one seems to have disappeared into the mists of … Continue reading

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Recipe: Pav Bhaji (Mumbai street food)

This is the Pav Bhaji I made in Minita Sanghvi’s cooking class, taking notes frantically because she cooks from instinct, not recipes. The quantities for some spices seem quite small but the dish was not lacking flavor; feel free to … Continue reading

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Pav Bhaji, where have you been all my life?

In the midst of a competitive campaign for a local city council seat, my friend Minita Sanghvi took time out to teach an Indian cooking class. She gave us a choice of 3 dishes we could make. One of them … Continue reading

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Recipe: Minita’s Toor Dal

Minita Sanghvi is a Skidmore professor who’s running for office in my town. The long hours of campaigning have kept her from cooking for her six-year old son as often as she’d like, so when she made Minita’s toor dal for … Continue reading

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Recipe: Bombay Mahal Channa Masala (vegan chickpea stew)

Bombay Mahal is the oldest Indian restaurant in Maine, founded in the 1990s, and the proprietors were kind enough to share their recipe and cooking techniques in a virtual Yelp class. It’s hard to find a more virtuous dish than … Continue reading

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Food for Thought: Indian Instant Pot Cookbook

[6/23. See important UPDATE at the end of this post. Please read before you cook from this book!] Our extended family includes a two-career couple with two small children and, as you might expect, they are very strapped for time. They … Continue reading

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Recipe: Easy Bhindi Masala

When okra is in season, make Bhindi Masala! This recipe is from Two Sleevers and they’ve really cracked the code; I have added only minor tweaks. The spice combination is the perfect balance you’re looking for in a masala and … Continue reading

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